Power Plants Near 77656 — Silsbee, TX

28 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 77656 (Silsbee, Texas). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 30.3244, -94.1907 · County: Hardin

Natural Gas 90%Solar 4%Other Fossil 3%Biomass 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
4.0 mi	Hardin County Peaking Facility Kountze, TX	Natural Gas	173 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
5.4 mi	Lumberton Pv I, Llc Lumberton, TX	Solar	—	Lumberton Pv I, Llc
7.6 mi	Westrock (Tx) Evadale, TX	Biomass	58 MW	Westrock (Tx)
11.2 mi	Peri Peri Solar Kountz, TX	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
15.1 mi	Heb00048 Beaumont, TX	Natural Gas	1 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
19.3 mi	Exxonmobil Beaumont Refinery Beaumont, TX	Natural Gas	678 MW	Exxonmobil Oil Corp
24.3 mi	Goodyear Beaumont Chemical Plant Beaumont, TX	Natural Gas	35 MW	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
27.5 mi	Cottonwood Energy Company Lp Deweyville, TX	Natural Gas	1,434 MW	Nrg Cottonwood Tenant Llc
27.8 mi	Usg Paper, Llc - Orange Mill Orange, TX	Biomass	48 MW	Usg Paper Llc
27.8 mi	Port Neches Plant Port Neches, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Air Liquide Large Industries U S Lp
27.9 mi	Sabine Orange, TX	Natural Gas	1,812 MW	Entergy Texas Inc.
28.0 mi	Trinity River Solar 1 Liberty, TX	Solar	—	Lightsource Renewable Energy Asset Management, Llc
28.1 mi	Orange County Advanced Power Station Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
29.4 mi	Jco Oxides Olefins Plant Port Neeches, TX	Natural Gas	74 MW	Indorama Ventures
30.5 mi	Engineered Carbons Echo Cogeneration Orange, TX	Natural Gas	—	Orion Engineered Carbons
30.6 mi	Port Arthur Texas Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	38 MW	Total Petrochemicals Usa Inc
31.5 mi	Nafta Region Olefins Complex Cogen Fac Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	83 MW	Basf Corp
31.8 mi	Sabine River Operations Orange, TX	Natural Gas	595 MW	The Dow Chemical Company
32.7 mi	Robert D Willis Jasper, TX	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Usace-Fort Worth District
32.8 mi	Woodville Renewable Power Project Woodville, TX	Biomass	50 MW	East Texas Electric Coop, Inc
32.8 mi	Legend Power Station Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.
33.4 mi	Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur, TX	Natural Gas	277 MW	Motiva Enterprises Llc
34.4 mi	Air Products Port Arthur Port Arthur, TX	Other Fossil	169 MW	Air Products Llc
40.2 mi	Longwing Solar Doucette, TX	Solar	—	Strata Clean Energy
42.6 mi	Umbriel Solar Livington, TX	Solar	150 MW	Umbriel Solar, Llc
46.8 mi	Liberty County Solar Project Dayton, TX	Solar	110 MW	Liberty County Solar Project, Llc
49.4 mi	San Jacinto County Peaking Facility Shepherd, TX	Natural Gas	170 MW	East Texas Electric Coop, Inc
49.6 mi	Lone Star Power Station Shepherd, TX	Natural Gas	—	Entergy Texas Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 28 power plants within 50 miles of Silsbee, Texas (ZIP 77656), with a combined 6,000 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 17 of the 28 nearby plants. The closest plant is Hardin County Peaking Facility at 4.0 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Texas, visit the Texas state page.

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